Archived Webinars
Forensic Nurses should be prepared to provide medical forensic exams to all patients that present after sexual assault. This included instances where patients are seeking exams in regions that may differ from where the sexual assault or sexual abuse occurred. This may include scenarios such as exams in hospitals where patients have traveled long distances to access and exam; medical facilities that border state lines; or even medical facilities where a patient may present because it is where they feel most comfortable. These circumstances can create complex challenges. Advocacy and other multi-disciplinary collaboration, can be an invaluable resource to both patients and clinicians when navigating issues that may arise. This webinar will discuss some of those issues and considerations and provide ways to support patients, as well as clinicians through collaboration and use of appropriate resources.
Presenters: Chenel Vanden Berk, BSFS, JD, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P; International Association of Forensic Nurses; Karla Vierthaler, National Sexual Violence Resource Center; Tiffany Watson, Office on Violence Against Women
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
Strangulation and traumatic brain injury is a lurking presence in IPV and sexual violence across the lifespan. The severity of strangulation and traumatic brain injury poses severe short-term and long-term health consequences, and even death. This webinar will give non-fatal strangulation and traumatic brain injury the focus it deserves. IAFN strangulation resources will be highlighted and include detailed guidance on assessment techniques, documentation, and evidence collection in order to ensure providers are equipped to give the highest standard of care to victims of all ages who have experienced strangulation and traumatic brain injuries as the result of IPV and sexual violence.
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
This foundational webinar will introduce participants to the cultural and linguistic nuances of the Deaf community, emphasizing the importance of cultural responsiveness when working with Deaf survivors of sexual assault. Participants will learn about Deaf culture, communication styles, and how systemic barriers affect access to care. By gaining this understanding, clinicians and other victim service providers will be better prepared to provide sensitive and effective support. This webinar is the first in a three-part series.
Presenters: Roberta Eaton, Deaf DAWN Executive Director and DeAnna Swope, Activating Change Senior Program Associate
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: $30
Though a small percentage of pediatric medical forensic exams have positive findings, it is important that those exams are reviewed by an expert to increase accuracy of identification and to prevent “overcalling” of positive exam findings. Because of this, the National Children’s Alliance Standards of Accreditation for Children’s Advocacy Centers requires that all exams with positive or diagnostic findings undergo expert review by an advanced medical consultant. In this webinar, the presenters will discuss positive exam findings that require expert review, define the expert review process, identify strategies to maintain patient confidentiality, and provide resources for expert review.
Presented by Jennifer Stimson, MPA, LMSW and Laci Smith, MSN, RN, CPN, SANE-A, SANE-P
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
A webinar for SANEs providing medical care for sexual assault patients. The focus will be on the updates to the CDC Sexual Assault STI Treatment Guidelines, ensuring patients are able to access the full dosage of prophylaxis, and providing access to emergency contraception, to align with recommendations in national protocols. This webinar will provide a brief overview of current guidelines and recommendations for treatment, while exploring ways to overcome institutional and individual barriers that may exist for patient compliance.
Presented by Chenel Vanden Berk, BSFS, JD, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
A detailed overview of the Exam Payment TA grant and the MFE Payment Resources available on the SAFEta website. This webinar will provide a review of exam payment factsheets to include an overview of the 2023 revisions and updates to the ICD-10-CM and CPT code factsheets for MFE and a review of the state-specific exam payment resources available through our interactive map and step-by-step guidance on efficiently navigating the Exam Payment Tab in the SAFEta website to access exam payment tools and resources.
Presented by: Koren Grzelak, RN, a Forensic Nurse Specialist at International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN)
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
A part of providing patient-centered care includes clinicians understanding the various payment models and reimbursement landscapes related to medical forensic care. When clinicians are not knowledgeable of how payment and reimbursement work, it leaves the potential for error or patient billing, which may cause additional trauma and stress for the patient instead of the intended path to healing. This webinar will provide an overview of funding sources and payment models for medical forensic exams. It will discuss strategies for handling reimbursement challenges and resolving issues while supporting the delivery of effective and compassionate care to patients by helping prevent them from being billed for their medical forensic exams.
Presented by: Koren Grzelak, RN, a Forensic Nurse Specialist at International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN)
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
In this webinar, the subject matter experts will continue with part two of the discussion of working with patient survivors on safety planning. The presenters will identify barriers and solutions, highlight available resources, and discuss strategies for more effective safety planning for individuals experiencing intimate partner violence. There will be a deep dive into safety planning through a cultural lens, addressing safety planning considerations across populations, and exploring multidisciplinary collaboration to enhance the safety planning process.
Presented by:
Tonia Moultry-Pace
Mildred Mohammad
Angelita Olowu
Laci Smith
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem of epidemic proportions. IPV often starts early in adolescence and continues throughout the individual’s lifespan. Children are often peripheral victims of IPV. This educational offering will discuss IPV and it’s impact on children from conception to adolescence while exploring implications for forensic nursing practice.
Presented by Gail Hornor, DNP, RN-C, CPNP, SANE-P
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
This webinar answers frequently asked questions about payment and reimbursement for medical forensic examinations and related services and how the healthcare needs of sexual assault survivors can be met and paid for when the patient is an immigrant survivor of sexual assault.
Presented by:
Koren Grzelak, IAFN
Leslye Orloff, NIIWAP
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
Payment and reimbursement for medical forensic examinations (MFEs) can be challenging. However, navigating payment for MFEs when the assault occurred across state lines presents a unique challenge to healthcare professionals and survivors. This webinar will highlight multifaceted scenarios where the survivor may undergo a MFE in a state different from their resident state or the state where the assault occurred. Through a detailed exploration of core scenarios, this webinar aims to equip clinicians with the necessary steps and tools to navigate the complexities of payment and reimbursement for MFEs that are conducted and state lines becomes an issue. Ensuring not only that survivors continue their journey to healing without the re-traumatization of receiving a bill, but also offering solutions to reimbursement to assist in maintaining clinician sustainability.
Presented by: Koren Grzelak, RN, a Forensic Nurse Specialist at International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN)
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
Testimony may seem daunting to clinicians without proper preparation. This concern may exist with clinicians who are new to testimony or who have rarely been called to testify. Appropriate and effective preparation is a process that takes more than simply reviewing a medical chart. Whether a civil or criminal proceeding, and whether called by a prosecutor, plaintiff’s attorney, or defense attorney, the clinician is an independent and neutral professional. Clinicians play a valuable role in providing insight into the medical care and treatment conducted by the clinician, which is offered as evidence in the proceeding. In this webinar, legal and subject matter experts will share a newly-released resource for clinicians and attorneys that provides important information on engaging with professionals of each discipline while preparing for testimony.
Presented by:
Patti Powers, AEquitas
Laci Smith, IAFN
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
In this webinar the subject matter experts will discuss safety planning for individuals experiencing Intimate Partner Violence. Award winning speaker, Mildred D. Muhammad, will give her personal account of experiencing violence at the hands of her former husband and the barriers she faced when safety planning for herself and her children. Drawing from these real-life experiences, the presenters will identify solutions, provide resources, and discuss strategies for more effective safety planning.
Presented by:
Tonia Moultry-Pace
Mildred Mohammad
Angelita Olowu
Laci Smith
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
It is known that patients at times receive bills related to their medical forensic exam (MFE), and this is brought to the attention of various clinicians and service providers – advocates, nurses, billers. MFEs are crucial for survivor health, healing, and sometimes criminal legal engagement. Join this interactive presentation that will discuss the potential pitfalls and challenges survivors may encounter and explore strategies to assist them in resolving these issues. Attendees will actively engage in exploring support options for survivors and learn how to build effective resolution strategies.
Presented by: Koren Grzelak, RN, a Forensic Nurse Specialist at International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) and Farah Gold from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
Presented by:
Valorie Prulhiere, MSN, RN, SANE-A
Brian McDonough, JD
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
This webinar, SANE Testimony: Building the Foundation for Successful Testimony, is the first part of a two-part webinar series. This webinar is presented by Valorie Purlhiere, MSN, RN, SANE-A of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. During this first part, attendees will build the base knowledge required for successful testimony. Attendees will be able to identify components of the criminal justice system, SANE’s role, discuss defensible practice, and more.
Presented by:
Valorie Prulhiere, MSN, RN, SANE-A
Brian McDonough, JD
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
This webinar, SANE Testimony: Building the Foundation for Successful Testimony, is the first part of a two-part webinar series. This webinar is presented by Valorie Purlhiere, MSN, RN, SANE-A of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. During this first part, attendees will build the base knowledge required for successful testimony. Attendees will be able to identify components of the criminal justice system, SANE’s role, discuss defensible practice, and more.
Presented by:
Valorie Prulhiere, MSN, RN, SANE-A
Brian McDonough, JD
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
For IAFN members only
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: $30
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: $30
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
This case study will discuss the role of the forensic nurse caring for patients who are in need of HIV nPEP post sexual assault. The discussion will describe how to formulate a plan for patients who are in need of HIV nPEP that present to your facility and also discuss ways to implement care of this patient population utilizing a case study scenario.
Presenter: Leslie A. Hagen, U. S. Department of Justice
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
This webinar discusses the basics of child sexual development, the continuum of sexual behavior problems in children, and how to respond to children with sexual behavior problems. The learner will gain confidence in how to recognize when child sexual behaviors are concerning and how it is applicable to the medical forensic exam for the pediatric patient population.
Presenter: Ashley Cinalli-Mathews, LCSW, MSW, DCFI
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
When sexual assault occurs in a hospital, there are many departments that must be involved for the appropraite response. Many forensic nurses are unaware of all that needs to occur and the different perspectives that must be recorgnized when a patient is victimized in the health care setting. This learning opportunity will discuss the multidisciplinary response to sexual assault in a health care facility utilizing case study scenarios.
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
The learning module will discuss child labor trafficking in the US. The learner will identify and describe limits to the ability of quantifying child labor trafficking as well as describe risk factors for entry into child labor trafficking. In addition there will be a robust discussion around practice interventions for the forensic nurse.
Presenter: Gail Hornor, DNP, CPNP, SANE-P
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $40
This learning session will describe a clinical research study. The purpose of the study was to describe forensic evidence findings in acute child sexual abuse after implementing more inclusive indications for collection of evidence in a pediatric emergency department and to identify factors associated with increased yield of identifiable foreign DNA.
Presenter: Gail Hornor, DNP, RN-C, CPNP, SANE-P
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
Presenters: Jessica Mindlin, JD, and Ruth Vaughan, JD
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $30
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
Forensic nursing programs pride themselves on providing compassionate care to the most vulnerable patients in times of crisis. Is your program set up to provide gender-affirming healthcare to transgender or non-binary survivors of violence across their lifespan? In contrast to the general population, individuals that identify as transgender or non-binary is at heightened risk to experience sexual, physical, dating, and intimate partner violence, and experience higher exposure rates to HIV/AIDS.
Presenters: Ashley Stewart, RPN, BScPN, MSN, SANE-A, SANE-P (she/her) Ashley Gawne
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
This webinar will discuss the knowledge required to perform the role of the adult/adolescent forensic nurse in assessing, identifying, and confirming physical findings in the patient using a multimethod approach.
Presenter: Karen Carroll, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, NY-SAFE and Tamara Scarlett, MPH, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
.5 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $10
This learning opportunity will discuss in depth the issue of child sexual abuse and suicide to include the mechanisms linking sexual abuse and suicide, as well as taking a closer look at the implications for forensic nursing practice to include suicide screening, suicide risk assessment and mental health resources.
Presenter: Gail Hornor, DNP, CPNP, SANE-P
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
Non-members: $20
Join IAFN for a brief celebration of theViolence Against Women Act(VAWA).Congress recently passed thisbipartisan legislation as part of theOmnibus appropriations package. VAWAfunding enables us as forensic nurses tomeet our mission of providing trauma-informed nursing care to populationsaffected by violence.
Presenters: Nicole Stahlmann, MN, RN, SANE-A, AFN-BC
Christina Presenti
tim Perrin
Sylvia Kornegay
Anna Dietderich
Kristina Sesek
1 Contact Hour
Members: Free
IAFN Members Only
.5 Contact Hour
Members: Free
IAFN Members Only
This learning opportunity will discuss in depth the issue of child sexual abuse and suicide to include the mechanisms linking sexual abuse and suicide, as well as taking a closer look at the implications for forensic nursing practice to include suicide screening, suicide risk assessment and mental health resources.
Presenters: Stephanie Deutsch, MD, MS, FAAP
Shannonlee Reese, MSN, RN, FNE
Suzanne Poldon, MNSc, RN
Stacy Drake, PhD, MPH, RN
Donna Scott Tilley, PhD, RN, CA/CP SANE, FAAN
Karen Wickwire, DNP, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P
Angie Ellis, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Sara Jennings, DNP, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, AFN-BC
Members: Free
IAFN Members Only
Offering emergency contraception is an essential element of medical forensic care. This 30 minute educational offering will compare Ella and Plan B in terms of efficacy, side effects, and special indications.
Presented by Gail Hornor, DNP, RN-C, CPNP, SANE-P
Members: Free
Non-members: $10
Abusive head trauma results in significant morbidity and mortality. This 4-hour educational offering will provide the pediatric forensic nurse with an intense discussion of abusive head trauma in terms of risk factors, clinical and historical indicators, physical findings, and prevention. Learners will also have the opportunity to work through abusive head trauma case studies.
Presented by Kristin Critchon, DO and Gail Hornor, DNP, CPNP, SANE-P
Members: $35
Non-members: $75
There are many reasons that a state may consider developing and maintaining a statewide database of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners / Forensic Nurses within the state. But the decision to move forward with development comes with many considerations and decisions to be weighed. During this webinar the presenters will share a newly developed resource that outlines what a statewide database can look like, the reasons why a state may develop a database, reflective questions and considerations around developing a database, and examples of various of databases that are currently being used in some states. As contributors to the development of the resource, the presenters will share state-specific examples of their experiences developing and maintaining a statewide database.
Presented By:
Angelita Olowu BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Susan Chasson MSN, JD, SANE-A, SANE-P
Deanna Grundl BSN, RN, SANE-A
Susan Kanack BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Mei Pomegranate BSN, RN, OR SANE, SANE-A, SANE-P
Kristi Holden BSN, RN, MA SANE
Erin Tendick RN, SANE-A
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
This webinar is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the unique needs and considerations when conducting medical forensic exams for Deaf survivors of sexual assault. Participants will learn how to build effective partnerships between healthcare providers, interpreters, and advocates to ensure that Deaf survivors receive comprehensive and sensitive care. The session will explore the challenges Deaf survivors face in accessing services, the importance of cultural competence, and the roles of various professionals in creating a supportive and inclusive environment. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to enhance communication, improve service delivery, and uphold the rights of Deaf survivors during the medical forensic exam process. This is the final webinar in the 3-part series.
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
This webinar will provide a comprehensive examination of the unique dynamics of sexual violence within the Deaf community, focusing on the barriers Deaf survivors face and the strategies that can be implemented to enhance their care and support. Participants will gain insights into the cultural, social, and systemic factors that contribute to the prevalence of sexual violence in the Deaf community, including communication barriers, stigma, and limited access to resources. This is the second webinar of this two-part series.
Presented By:
Roberta Eaton, Deaf DAWN Executive Director
DeAnna Swope, Activating Change Senior Program Associate
Angelita Olowu, International Association of Forensic Nurses
1.5 Contact Hours
Members: Free
Non-members: Free